Deputy Eusèbe

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Deputy Eusèbe
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Directed by André Berthomieu
Produced by Michael Salkind
Written by Tristan Bernard
Ákos Tolnay
Jacques de Féraudy
Starring Michel Simon
Elvire Popesco
Jules Berry
Music by Michel Michelet
Cinematography Fred Langenfeld
Edited by Henri Taverna
Production
company
Compagnie Métropolitaine de Films
Productions Salkind
Distributed by Forrester-Parant
Release dates
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  • 24 February 1939 (1939-02-24)
Running time
85 minutes
Country France
Language French

Deputy Eusèbe (French: Eusèbe député) is a 1939 French comedy film directed by André Berthomieu and starring Michel Simon, Elvire Popesco and Jules Berry.[1][2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys.

Synopsis

Eusèbe Bonbonneau, a solicitor's clerk, discovers that a candidate is running for Chamber of Deputies. It becomes clear that a corrupt businessman is pushing a candidate, having usurped his identity, in order to secure backing for a new casino project. The real Eusèbe goes to Paris to investigate and is persuaded by the flamboyant actress Mariska to really stand in the election. He wins and is elected as a deputy where he becomes an unwitting tool of corrupt interests.

Cast

References

  1. Crisp p.451
  2. Bessy & Chirat p.429

Bibliography

  • Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, Volume 2. Pygmalion, 1986.
  • Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

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